Change Timezone in Linux in different ways

There is some instance during the Linux installation that you
did not bother to set the correct timezone for any reasons like sometimes you
are just lazy to set it, you’re in a rush to finish what your boss want you to
complete in that day, or you just don’t give a damnSeriously, timezone is a bit important
especially if you have scheduled scripts that you intended to run.

Here are some ways to
change your timezone depending on your Linux distribution:

for RHEL/CENTOS:

Assuming you have the
default or current timezone as UTC and you would like to change it to Singapore
timezone

For Ubuntu/Debian, the
above method will also work. But it also has some commands to make you life
easier, see items 1 & 2

1. A simple way to
change your timezone is using the “tzconfig” command which will prompt you with
a list of region and cities. It will a simple way to update the link
/etc/localtime to point to the correct timezone in /usr/share/zoneinfo